Karat Packaging Ownership

KRT Stock  USD 29.58  0.45  1.54%   
Karat Packaging maintains a total of 20.02 Million outstanding shares. Karat Packaging secures majority of its outstanding shares owned by insiders. An insider is usually defined as a corporate executive, director, member of the board or institutional investor who own at least 10% of the company's outstanding shares. 66.22 % of Karat Packaging outstanding shares that are owned by insiders conveys that they have been buying or selling the stock in recent months in anticipation of some upcoming event. Please note that no matter how many assets the company has, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2018-06-30
Previous Quarter
20.1 M
Current Value
20.1 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
19.5 M
Quarterly Volatility
1.1 M
 
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At this time, Karat Packaging's Dividends Paid is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Dividend Yield is likely to gain to 0.04 in 2025, whereas Dividend Payout Ratio is likely to drop 0.78 in 2025. Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to gain to about 28.6 M in 2025, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to drop slightly above 19.5 M in 2025.
  
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Karat Stock Ownership Analysis

About 66.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders. The book value of Karat Packaging was now reported as 7.86. The company last dividend was issued on the 20th of November 2024. Karat Packaging Inc. manufactures and distributes single-use disposable products in plastic, paper, biopolymer-based, and other compostable forms used in various restaurant and foodservice settings. Karat Packaging Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Chino, California. Karat Packaging operates under Packaging Containers classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 680 people. To find out more about Karat Packaging contact Alan Yu at 626 965 8882 or learn more at https://www.karatpackaging.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Karat Packaging also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Karat Packaging's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Karat Packaging's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Karat Packaging Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

306.8 Million

Karat Packaging Insider Trades History

About 66.0% of Karat Packaging are currently held by insiders. Unlike Karat Packaging's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Karat Packaging's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Karat Packaging's insider trades
 
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Karat Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Karat Packaging is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Karat Packaging backward and forwards among themselves. Karat Packaging's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Karat Packaging's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2024-09-30
133.3 K
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc2024-09-30
126.7 K
State Street Corp2024-09-30
120.9 K
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc2024-09-30
111.5 K
Barclays Plc2024-09-30
71.2 K
O'shaughnessy Asset Management Llc2024-09-30
62.9 K
Acadian Asset Management Llc2024-09-30
62.2 K
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2024-09-30
61.8 K
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.2024-09-30
54.3 K
Blackrock Inc2024-09-30
436 K
Wellington Management Company Llp2024-09-30
424.9 K
Note, although Karat Packaging's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Karat Packaging Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Karat Packaging insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Karat Packaging's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Karat Packaging insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Karat Packaging Outstanding Bonds

Karat Packaging issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Karat Packaging uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Karat bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Karat Packaging has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Karat Packaging Corporate Filings

F4
20th of November 2024
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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10Q
8th of November 2024
Quarterly performance report mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be filed by publicly traded corporations
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8K
7th of November 2024
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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26th of April 2024
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